The Income Tax Department has recently added RBL Bank to its e-pay tax service network with over-the-counter and net banking options. This is a facility provided to taxpayers to make income tax payments through internet, using net-banking facility. At present, 24 banks are offering the e-pay tax services available on the e-filing portal.
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A taxpayer can use the e-pay tax facility for tax payment through Net Banking/Debit Card/Over the Counter/NEFT/RTGS and Payment Gateway of authorised banks. Under the new e-Pay Tax service, the entire chain of activities related to payment of direct taxes, from generation of challan (CRN) to making payment and recording of the payment history is enabled through the e-filling portal.
Users have to enter their PAN/TAN and mobile number for availing of the e-pay tax service.
E-Payment of taxes can be done through these banks
1) Axis Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Bank of India
4) Bank of Maharashtra
5) Canara Bank
6) Central Bank of India
7) City Union Bank
8) Federal Bank
9) HDFC Bank
10) ICICI Bank
11) IDBI Bank
12) Indian Bank
13) Indian Overseas Bank
14) IndusInd Bank
15) Jammu & Kashmir Bank
16) Karur Vysya Bank
17) Kotak Mahindra Bank
18) Punjab National Bank
19) Punjab & Sind Bank
20) RBL Bank
21) State Bank of India
22) South Indian Bank
23) UCO Bank
24) Union Bank
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Step-by-step process to use e-Pay Tax Service
1. Log in to e-filing portal and click on e-Pay Tax tab.
2. Fill in your PAN, mobile number and cgo to the next step
3. Fill in the 6-digit OTP received on your mobile and click on ‘Continue’
4. You will get a go-ahead message with your PAN and masked name. Click on ‘Continue’ to go to the next step.
5. Select assessment year and other details and then click again on ‘Continue’.
6. Select the tax payment category that applies to you and click on ‘Proceed’.
7. Add the breakup of the total amount of tax payment on the ‘Add Tax Breakup Details’ page and click ‘Continue’.
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8. Select payment gateway mode and continue
9. Verify the details in the ‘Preview and Make Payment page’ and click on ‘Pay Now’.
10. After making payment, you will receive a confirmation email and an SMS.
You may also download the Challan Receipt for future reference. These details will also be available under the ‘Payment History’ tab on the ‘e-Pay Tax’ page after login.
